Thanks to everyone for your thoughts on this item,I really appreciate your opinions. I won't be selling it though,as I actually wanted a thermometer, & this fits the bill perfectly for me-being glass,rather cute,& of course functional! I was pretty stunned by the price of the item on the link, it did seem rather steep for what I would think of as a fun, kitschy sort of item. B.T.W mine cost me AU$15.